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VOLUME 44
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 12, 1931
NUMBER 24
Til IS EXTENDED
T
OIJ TAX RETURNS
Commission Clears Points-
Income From All Sources
Must Be Listed.
An extention of time for filing in
tangible and state income tax re
turns which was fixed for June 15,
. has been extended by the tax com
mission, the deadline now being plac
ed for Thursday, June 25 a time ex-
tension of ten days. . ;
, The commission members and their
staffs have been kept busy and ex
perts are in different parts of the
state, giving assistance in making out
returns where needed. The follow.
ing information is given by the tax
commission in order that doubtful
points may be cleared up. The com
mission says: ' ' t
"The following persons must file
returns:
"Individuals who receive no inter
est or dividends must file a return
if their net income exceeds $1500 if
single, or $2500 if married.
"Individuals who receive their en
tire income from interest and divid
ends must file a return if their gross
income exceeds $500, if single, or $800
if married. . ,
"Single persons who receive inter
est and dividends and income from
other sources must file a return if the
'net income from all sources exceed
$1,000, or they must file if the gross
interest and dividends exceed $500.
, "Married persons who receive in
terest and dividends and income from
other sources are required to file a re
turn if their combined net income
from all sources exceeds $1700, or
they must file if their gross interest
and dividends exceed $800. ;
"Individuals should report income
from all sources interest, dividends,
salaries, wages, rents, earnings from
business or profession or profit on the
sale of property.
"Interest on federal obligations is
exempt from the intangibles tax. In
terest on other securities, including
foreign, state, county and municipal
bonds, corporation bonds notes, mort
gages, contracts and savings accounts
are taxable under the intangibles tax,
but all interest earned prior to Janu
ary 1, 1930, may be excluded from the
1930 returns. Dividends declared af
ter January 1, 1930, are taxable in
the year paid.
"Many inquiries are coming to the
commission from school teachers who
evidently believe that they are exempt
which is not the case.
"The impression that teachers are
exempt under the. state income tax
law probably1 arises from the fact that
teachers and other state, county and
municipal officials are exempt under
the federal income tax, but just as
.the federal government can tax its
own employes but can not tax state
employes, the state while it can not
tax federal employes can and does tax
its own employes, including all peo
ple employed by the state, counties,
cities, school districts, etc.
"While federal employes are not
taxable on their salaries received
from the federal government under
the state income tax, they are liable
to tax on any other income they re
ceive if such other income is in excess
of the minimum exemption."
Picnic Baseball Games
Athena is mixed up in two baseball
games at the Weston Pioneer Picnic.
This afternoon, ArnoldJVood' Umatil
la county league team will play a
game with a team selected by the pic
nic management. An admission fee
will be charged. Tomorrow afternoon
Billy Littlejohn's Athena Trojans will
go up against Sad Sid Barnes Wes
ton Wobblies in a battle of blood, ba
loney and hooey. Both the Weston
and Athena "teams have been practic
ing, and the players, who have not
played baseball since the war will per-
.'J?aps go through a regulation nine
inning contest. Intense interest is
'"'being manifested in this feature num
ber on the picnic program for tomor
row, and doubtless will draw a large
crowd of spectators. There is no ad
mission charge for this game.
Thorn Hollow Picnic
A number of Adams people enjoy
ed a picnic dinner and swimming at
Thorn Hollow Sunday afternoon.
Among the number were Mr. and
Mrs. John Spencer, Mr. and Mrs.
Grant Marquis, Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
Porter .and family, Mr. and Mrs. F.
M. Whiteley and dranddaughter Ada
Sorenson, Miss Mildred McCollum,
Thea and Hilda La Fa ve, Julia and
Bernice Wallan and others
Pendleton's New Airport -Additional
land has been procur
ed for Pendleton's new municipal air
port. Immediate improvements cost
ing $3000 will be rushed to comple
tion. An 80-acre tract has been pur
chased outright, and a lease has been
made on land owned by Mrs. Sabma
Morten. ,
Masonic Grand
Lodge and East"
ern Star Sessions
Kohler Betts is a delegate from
Dolph Lodge, No. 80, A. F. & A. M.
at the Masonic grand lodge sessions
in Portland this week. Mrs. lone
Cresswell is a delegate from McKen-
zie Chapter to the Eastern Star ses
sions. Dr. O. C. Hagmeier, most worship
ful grandmaster of the grand lodge
of Ancient, Free and Accepted Ma
sons opened the 81st annual com
munication of that body at the Ma
sonic temple at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning. A reception was tendered
to grand representatives and distin
guished visitors, many of whom were
from the neighboring states of Wash
ington and California. .
The afternoon session opened at
1:30 o'clock with the reading of re
ports of grand officers and commit
tees. A ceremony of unusual interest
was the presentation of the travel
ing trowel by Maritime lodge, No,
183. This implement is a replica of
the trowel used by George Washing
ton in laying the cornerstone of the
capitol building at Washington, D. C
At the laying of the cornerstone of
the George Washington memorial
near Alexandria, Va., several years
ago the original trowel was made use
of and replicas were distributed to
the various grand lodges throughout
the United States.
The grand lodge sessions will end
today.
More than 150 ' chapters of the
Eastern Star lodge of Oregon were
represented as the 42d annual con
vention of the grand chapter opened
in the Masonic Temple. . Mrs. Carrie
Jackson of Baker, Worthy Grand
Matron, presided. Mrs. Rose J. Wil
son, Past Grand Matron, and Robert
A. Miller, Past Grand Patron, called
the gathering to order. .
Mice and Hoppers Make
Appearance at Hermiston
Blight of tomato plants has made
its appearance to some extent in the
Hermiston project and in a few cases
beans are said to be affected. Re
search work as to the cause of the
blight has beerf carried on for the
past two years at the Hermiston Ex
periment station and is being continu
ed this year by the department of
agriculture.
Three test plots of sugar beets con
sisting of one-quarter acre each have
been planted and are visited regular
ly by department men. All these plots
are said to have showed pronounced
tendencies to curly top.
The insect causing the damage is a
minute hopper which seems to be there
in full force this year. In addition
to the insect pest this season, hay
fields are infested with field mice
which have multiplied greatly
through the past open winter.
Delivered Combines
Glenn Dudley and John Pinkerton
were at Kendrick, Idaho, last week
where they delivered three bean harvester-combines
to growers in that
section. The combines were loaded at
Athena from the equipment of the
Eickhoff Products company, which
operated extensively in bean growing
here for two seasons. All machinery
of the company stored here is being
disposed of.
Forest Fire Situation
The forest fire situation this yea
is much more acute than normal. All
hunters and cooperating stockmen are
especially requested to use every pre
caution to prevent fires and report to
the nearest forest service official all
blazes, no matter how small they may
appear, and to cooperate in every way
possible m preventing fires as well as
keeping down those already started.
Fire Destroys Milton Cottage
Fire of undertermined origin com
pletely gutted a four room cottage in
North Milton Tuesday afternoon be
fore it was discovered. The ceiling
and partitions between three of the
rooms were completely destroyed and
smoke was oozing from doors, win
dows, sides and entire roof when the
blaze was first noticed.
New Gold Strike
A special dispatch to the San Fran
cisco Chronicle from Sutter creek,
Calif., says gold has been struck on
the Lagomarsino brothers Battle
mountain placer claim on Sutter
creek, two miles north of Volcano.
Three car loads of ore valued at $600
have been taken out in addition to two
nuggets, valued at $300.
Patient Continues to Improve
Word is received from Portland
that E. A. Dudley, who is a patient
at Good Samaritan hospital continues
to improve and that he will soon be
able to leave the hospital for apart
ments at 274 N. 21st street.
Where Death Walked Below Ground
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Mrs E, J. Pink
erton Called By
Death Saturday
(a Fire Damages
York Dell Home,
Amounts to $1000
Mrs. E. J. Pinkerton, widow of the
late Henry Pinkerton died shortly af
ter an operation for relief from ap
pendicitis at Portland, Saturday last,
June 6th, at the age of 74 years.
Mrs. Pinkerton was taken ill while
visiting relatives at Echo three weeks
ago- and returned to her home at
Portland. She had intended to visit
relatives here and at Weston after
staying a while at Echo.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pinkerton and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pinkerton went
to Portland and attended the funeral
which was held Tuesday.
Mrs; Pinkerton's second husband was
the late Henry Pinkerton of Weston,
who died several years ago. She is
survived by two sons, Frank Ely of
Portland and Walter Ely of Tacoma,
and one daughter, Mrs. Ada Costello,
of Portland.
Eleven v.ere Killud mid more than fifty Injured In a fire which swept
a sanitary district sewage tunnel In Chicago, trapping the unfortunates 85
feet underground.
REACHES MAJORITY
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Princess Ingrld, only daughter of
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden,
recently celebrated her twenty first
birthday. The princess Is a grent
granddnugliter of the late Queen Vic
toria of Kngliuid. "
Water Supply Is Short
In Blue Mountain Range
Continued northeasterly and north
westerly winds, the recent flood and
lack of precipitation have all com
bined to create an acute irrigation
situation in the Blue Mountain range
districts, according to watermasters
and foresters. -
The stream system is lower at the
present time than it was at any time
last year, and if conditions do not
better themselves soon the result is
only a matter of conjecture.
Mill creek furnishes almost the en
tire supply of irrigation water for
the immediate vicinity of Walla Wal
la and since the recent flood scoured
the stream bed a large amount of wa
ter is seeping away or flowing
through the gravel.
The Umatilla river and tributaries
are already at mid-summer stage,
and it is feared the springs, which
are now flowing weakly, will in a lit
tle while cause grave concern to
stockmen ranging cattle and sheep
in the Umatilla reserve.
Former M. E. Church Pastor
Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Geiszler were
in the city Monday from Starbuck,
Wash. Rev. Geiszler was a former
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
church in Athena, and Mrs. Geiszler
was the widow of the late John Smith
resident of Athena.
Hand Cut on Hoe
Raymond Freese, Athena high
school boy, employed on the Claud
Dickenson place north of Athena, cut
his right hand severely when he fell
on a hoe. A deep gash was cut in
the palm of the hand, and Dr. McKin
ney took four stitches in closing the
wound. ? ri '
Pendleton a Hot Place
Pendleton was a hot place Saturday
and Sunday when the mercury hit 103
and 174 degrees.
Insurance Man Found Dead
William W. Goff, 56, of Snook and
Goff, insurance company .Jt Walla
Walla, who for the past- three years
has occupied the office in the Elks
building, was found dead with a bul
let in his chest, believed by deputy
coroner, Joe Chamberlain, to be self
infiicttea. ' 1
Replace Hoover to Aid
Business, Opinion of Sen
ator Dill of Washington
Senator C. C. Dill of Washington, a
democrat, has returned from Europe
and said he told questioners abroad
the depression here will not end "un
til we have a new president."
"Everywhere I went," he said,
"they asked me when a boom would
start in America. I told them it
wouldn't start until we elect a new
chief executive. '
"President Hoover has no plan to
end it. He doesn't want congress to
meet. He has no legislative program.
Therefore there is a widespread lack
of confidence and people hold tight to
their money except to put it into gov
ernment bonds.
"I believe Franklin D. Roosevelt
would be the man to furnish the con
structive, progressive sort of admin
istration we need."
Senator Dill, Senate author of the
federal radio law, spent a month tour
ing Europe by airplane, studying the
radio situation in England, France,
Germany, Belgium, Denmark and
Sweden.
Special Attractions
Reunion of Graduates
Weston Leader: Special attractions
which the program committee . con
gratulates itself upon securing for
the pioneers' reunion will include the
Mac Hi quartette for Friday after
noon, June 12, and the Pendleton trio
for Saturday afternoon, June 13. Both
of these popular groups have been ad
vised by the committee to go as far
as they like. The young singers of
Mac Hi are Clark Wheeler, Lowell
Steen, Norman Bline and Ray Hansen.
The Pendleton trio includes those
veteran vocalizers, Bert Jerard, H. W.
Dickson and E. C. Olsen.
The second annual reunion and
banquet of graduates and former stu
dents of the old Westan Normal
school will be held at Weston at noon
the second day, June 13, of the pio
neers' reunion. The banquet will be
prepared and served by the Woman's
Missionary society of Weston Metho
dist church. The committee having
director of the affair includes Mabel
Nelson Chastain, Chas. L. Pinkerton
and Roy W. Ritner. Mrs. Chastain is
president of the group, whose mem
bers had a fine time together last
year.
Milton Gives Employment
Several improvements are being
completed by Milton City that are
keeping many men working. A crew
of 15 men are completing the replace
ment of the old wooden flume that
was damaged by the flood this spring.
A new flume is being laid in almost
the same place as that which the old
one occupied.
Grain Growers Get Profit
A cash dividend of 8 per cent on all
subscribed stock was declared by
Pendleton Grain Growers, Inc., at a
meeting Monday night. All officers
were re-elected, and Charles Cook
employed as manager for another
year. A net profit of nearly $500
was made during the year ending
June 1.
First Under New Law
John H. Hogan, Salem pool hall op
erator, is the first person in Marion
county to face the courts under the
new drunken driving law. Hogan was
arrested Saturday night and bail was
fixed at $100.
Arrangements Completed
Program arrangements have been
completed for the holding of the an
nual outboard motor boat regatta at
McKay Lake, June 20 artf 21,
The Last Dance
The last of the season's series of
dances given under auspices of the
Adams Community club took place
Saturday night and was well attend
ed. These dances have been popu
lar with the young folks of Adams
vicinity and nearby towns.
University Summer
School To Be Popular
Eugene. Summer will Bee hundreds
of students gathered for the annual
summer school sessions of the Uni
versity of Oregon which opens on
June 22, both in Eugene and at the
Portland center in Lincoln high
school. Eminent educators from var
ious sections will teach in the Oregon
summer session, which this year
promises to excel the attendance rec
ords of years previous, according to
Alfred Powers, director of the sum
mer session. For six weeks students
will pursue their studies, after which
time they may enter the post at Eu
gene from August 3 to 28.
In addition to the regular sessions
on the Eugene campus and at Port
land, the university is sending a sum
mer school cruise to Hawaii and an
other, later in the summer, to Alaska.
A wide range of courses will be of
fered in such fields as art, science and
literature, business administration,
journalism, applied social science, and
many others. For the 318 courses
that will be offered, a staff of ap
proximately 160 professors will be
used in the five sessions.
Particularly outstanding will be the
Portland session with its large staff
of noted visiting professors. Among
those who will teach here are: Dr. B.
H. Williams, professor of political sci
ence at the University of Pittsburgh;
Dr. Adolf Busse, head of the depart
ment of German at Hunter college,
New York; Bernard Hinshaw, famous
Chicago artist; and Dr. C. G. Vanest,
professor of history and education at
Harris Teachers' college of Missouri.
Fire, which started from an un
known cause in an enclosed back
porch Saturday evening damaged the
home of York Dell on Third street,
approximately $1000. The dwelling
and contents were covered by insur
ance. The fire started shortly after Mi.
Del' had left his home and gone down
town. It was discovered by Jack
Weber, who ran across the street and
informed Bert Ramsay. Ramsay stay
ed the flames which had reached in
to the kitchen with a garden hose, but
finally the fire got beyond his control
and by the time the department ar
rived, the roof was ablaze on the
south end of the building. A delay
of several minutes resulted in getting
water through the hose on account
of a defective hydrant, which caused
the firemen to race a block up the
street to make a second connection.
The upper part of the dwelling and
the kitchen was badly charred and the
lower rooms flooded with water. The
contents of the upper rooms were de
stroyed by the flames, but furniture
and fixtures were carried from the
lowe floors before water descended
from the upper rooms.
Mr. Dell had made extensive im
provements to the place and had one
of the nicest homes on the street.
WARNS FARMERS
10 CUT
OUTPU
T
Secretary Hyde Says Grow
ers Must Recognize Eco-
nomic Demands.
Only Trace of Rain Here
Only a trace of rain fell in Athe
na and vicinity Tuesday, and else
where in the county only showers
were reported. However, hot weath
er which was withering growing
crops in the light land districts and
hastening maturity of grain in this
locality, was abated by the visitation
of moisture and lower temperature.
The expected "June rain" is still ex
pected and hope deferred will prevail
over today and tomorrow, Weston
picnic days.
Drought Continues to
Shrink Wheat Yield
Army Officer Here
Lieutenant Jack Winn of Fort
Lewis, Washington, accompanied by
his wife, visited at the home of his
uncle, F. S. LeGrow, last week. Lieu
tenant Winn was en route to Boise,
Idaho, where as a member of the Fort
Lewis army polo team, he partici
pated in the Northwest polo tourna
ment. The Fort Lewis players pos
sess a number of the finest polo
ponies on the coast, Lieutenant Winn
owning one that is valued at $1500.
National Guard Encampment
The Pendleton company of the Ore
gon National Guard left Monday
night for Camp Clatsop, under com
mand of Lieutenant Meril Boyer. The
Pendleton company will join other
companies of National Guard and the
members will gain first hand exper
ience with real army camp life and
will participate in various military
maneuvers. Orel Micliener of Athena
is a new member of the Pendleton
company and went with it to Clatsop
beach.
Counties Enjoined
Twenty-two counties of Washing
ton, through which the Northern Pa
cific railway operates, were enjoined
from selling certificates of delin
quency against the railroad com
pany's property for unpaid taxes of
1925. A week ago a temporary in
junction was issued and at a hearing
before Judge Stanley Webster the
order was made permanent.
Rock Beats Walla Walla
The combination of a difficult course
and the hot sun was a little too much
for 25 Walla Walla association golf
ers who journeyed to Pilot Rock Sun
day only to meet defeat by 2Va points,
the scores being 34 to 31. A return
tournament may be played at Walla
Walla.
Escaped Prisoner Taken
Hobbling along with a cane in the
guise of an old man, Ray Martin, 30,
one of two men who escaped from the
Yakima county jail early Sunday, wag
captured, by four tfejroty Kharta.
Continued drought with hot winds
has caused chrinkage in wheat yields
on light soil lands and in many dis
tricts the crops are beyond aid from
expected rains.
In Morrow county, conditions are
reported to be the worst for years
past and in Sherman, Wasco and De
schutes counties, large acreages will
not be harvested. In the light soil
districts of Umatilla county the yield
has been cut badly.
It is thought many acres in the
Pilot Rock country will not be har
vested as dry weather has practically
burned up the crops in some locaties.
Crops in the Athena-Weston ter
ritory are maturing rapidly and har
vest wili begin earlier than usual.
Estimates are conflicting on the ex
tent of damage to crops here, ranging
from slight to 15 bushels per acre.
Howaver, the heads are filling up to
expectations of some and a good
rain would boost the yield materially
Truck Driver Killed
Clint Titus, about 40, Dayton truck
driver, was decapitated when a big
freight truck crashed into his small
truck Wednesday afternoon on the In
land Empire highway four miles
south of Waitsburg, M. B. Brown, 65,
and Lewis E. Hafter, 32, both Fort
land men who were riding in the
freight truck, were injured, one seriously.
Military Training Camp
With the announcement that the
quota for the Citizen's Military Train
ing Camp at Vancouver Barracks has
been filled, first Lieutenant Thomas J.
Cross, the Adjutant, reveals the
names of Umatilla county youths who
are expected to attend. Final accept
ances have been sent, and travel or
ders will be issued at once, to Rex P.
Baumgardner and Myers F. Farrell,
Pendleton.
Ex-Banker Goes Free
Only a few hours after escaping
the day and night surveillance of a
deputy sheriff in his home by raising
a $10,000 bond, H. B. Miller, former
vice president of the Central bank of
Toppenish and accused embezzler,
succeeded in his second suicide at
tempt. He leaves $193,000 life in
surance, with the bank part beneficiary.
Prize Fighter Hurt
Leo Lomski, Aberdeen boxer, was
injured Tuesday when his automobile
left the highway and overturned.
Lomski suffered a cut on his left
wrist, a cut on his left elbow and a
wrenched neck. On his way to Seat
tle his automobile struck a rock on
the highway, skidded and overturn
ed in the ditch.
. Continental Officials Here
E. F. Battson, district manager of
the Continental Oil company and his
assistant, Thomas Menkie, were in
Athena Sunday, from Butte, Montana,
where the Northwestern offices of the
eowptmy on located.
Departing from his nrennroH prf-
dress, Arthur M. Hyde, secretary of
agriculture, defended President Hoo
ver's efforts in behalf of the farmer
while speaking before the American
institute of Cooperation, at Manhat
tan, Kansas.
Secretary Hyde asserted the federal
farm board's surplus of more than
200.000.000 bushels of wheat was
created by the farmers and not the
board agencies.
He told American farmers their
plans for production must start with
consideration of the economic de
mands of the market.
Addressing the American Institute
of cooperation, the department of
agriculture secretary said "whether
we shall continue to produce price
breaking surpluses boils down to how
we want to live."
"Today the American farmer." he
said in a prepared address, "demands
an American standard of living. Such
a standard of living is possible. In
deed, we must attain it. But the
farmer himself must not defeat it.
His production plans must start
with consideration of the economic
demands of the market. Adhering to
that procedure all along the line, we
can then organize agriculture so that
the American farmer can reach the
golden goal of economic equality."
Secretary Hyde said the intelligence
thrift, industry and efficiency of the
American farmer "is great enough to
meet and defeat the world in nro-
ducing any of our great agricultural
crops.
"But to do so," he said, "they will
have to sell on world markets at
world prices. That means that south
ern planters shall measure their liv
ing standards aeainst those of India
and China; and that wheat growers
must meet Russian standards of living."
Tracing tho international tariff
trend, the secretary Baid some coun
tries have "tariffs so mountainoua as
to make our tariff wall look like a
clutter of mole hills."
"Boiled down," he said, "we can
probably continue to produce tobac.
co, lard, and to some extent pork, rice,
apples and citrus fruits for export
market and, unless foreign expansion
becomes too great and sell them at a
profit.
"The growth of domestic demand
has practically eliminated exports of
dairy products, but there is little if
any room for expansion of the voluma
of their production."
Secretary Hvde said agricultural
products accounted for more than
one-third of the value of the coun
try's export trade in the past five
years, or approximately $1,800,000,
000 annually. The value of the coun
try's agricultural exports. - he said.
has amounted to 16 per cent of the
total value of American farm pro
duction.
Null-Miller
Athena friends have received an
nouncement of the marriage at Port
land, Sunday, June 7, of Miss Jean-
ette Miller and Mr. William Howard
Null. Mr. and Mrs. Null were in
Athena Tuesday, and spent a few
hours with friends of the bride. Mrs.
Null, who is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. w, C. Miller, former residents
of Athena, spent her early girlhood
here and attended the grade schools.
For several years she has been a
school teacher, employed in . the
Marshfield district. The newly wed
ded couple will reside in Portland, at
3200 Seventy-first Street, S. E.
Boy Attacked By Horea
Gerald Young, 11, of Roseburg, was
hurt seriously when he was attacked
by an outlaw horse. The boy was as
sisting his father, E. G. Young, Oak
land banker and stock raiser, in
driving the horses into a barn. The
outlaw horse ran through the barn
into a corral where the boy was
standing. It attacked Gerald, knock
ing him down and trampling him. Tho
boy's father, close behind, drove the
animal away.
Raising Capons
Several thousand capons will bo
raised at Hermiston this year, thero
being more poultrymen going in for
this line than in years before. Ono
party who has several hundred of the
birds proposes selling them while
young to wheat growers and any
others who might wish to raise and
fatten them for the market.
Insue Date June IS
Auto license nlates will not hn is
sued to car owners until after June
15, according to advices received from
the office of Hal E. Hoss, secretary of
state by the Oregon Motor association
office' at 1'tfnaietort.
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